richardhutnik said:
Ok, so let's look at your comment, and extend it beyond just cutting taxes. Is there anything the elimination of laws and regulations can't fix? If we remove all form and semblance of government would suddenly all the problems I mention go away? Would there eventually be no teen pregnancy, no terrorism, no crime and no objectional programming on TV? Would all children be fed and clothed? Would we have 0% unemployment and the road and infrastructure would take care of itself? |
Fals dichotomy. You assume it is either the current taxes/laws/regulations versus no taxes/laws/regulation.
Saying that there should be less taxes (unwise before cutting spending), less laws and less regulations is only a bird's eye view of things and does not imply that the taxes/laws/regulations should be the same but just scaled back.
You also keep adding stuff that are not proper governmental areas under the current US constitution, like censorship.
richardhutnik said:
If that is done, will you GUARANTEE that there will never be an economic slowdown? What happens the next round of economic slowdown and unemployment spikes again? |
I see that you ask others to guarantee a lack of economic slowdown (a thing that is mathematically necessary) but do not do so yourself. It would be like Ford arguing for the Pinto by asking other manufacturers GUARANTEE that their cars cannot crash and burn.
What should happen is deficit spending should be illegal under the principle of "No taxation without representation" as deficit spending is taxing future taxpayers who do not have representation yet. The only two exceptions being war where your nation is under threat of invasion and possibly during recessions, NOT to distort the economy with the illusion of prosperity by borrowing (that would be like having a pay cut and covering it up by charging your credit card) but only if necessary to make sure displaced people who lost their jobs/house have enough food not to starve and a place where to stay until the economic adjustments are finished and investment (and thus jobs) restarts.
Note that if the government did that consistently, instead of having the usual recessions that are papered over with debt followed by a huge depression every 80 years (when the debt is too high to paper over) you would have recessions that are steeper (as there is no stimulus) and shorter (as the government doesn't try to smooth things out it degrades faster but it also means the necessary corrections happen sooner and the economy restarts growing sooner too).
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